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Identity Theft: A Look Into Preventing Decades Of Damages, Mallory Monaco
Identity Theft: A Look Into Preventing Decades Of Damages, Mallory Monaco
Honors Theses
Each year identity theft victimizes more people, taking their time, money, and feeling of financial and physical security. Despite its ongoing presence in the news and media, this fraud is too often treated in a reactive manner. Due to the lack of prevention of identity theft, its negative consequences range from damaging one’s credit score for decades to cases of medical identity theft incorrectly altering a patient’s medical records and causing potentially life threatening complications. This thesis examines four major types of identity theft, including medical identity theft, credit card fraud, consumer data breaches, and the identity theft associated with …